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pretention

French law. The claim made to a thing which a party believes himself entitled to demand, but which is not admitted or adjudged to be his.

2. The words rights, actions and pretensions, are usually joined, not that they are synonymous, for right is something positive and certain, action is what is demanded, while pretention is sometimes not even accompanied by a demand.

Source : Bouvier 1856

Language : French

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